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Date:      Fri, 1 Nov 1996 17:00:08 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Helio Coelho Jr. - CompuLand Informatica" <compland@ism.com.br>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: irc server & password
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961101165923.4938F-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199611011444.MAA14230@unix1.ism.com.br>

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On Fri, 1 Nov 1996, Helio Coelho Jr. - CompuLand Informatica wrote:

>     I 'm setting up a irc server in a FreeBSD2.2 Snap box. The problem is 
> that I want to use encrypted operators passwords (that's default and the
> clause 'CRYPT_OPER_PASSWORD' is defined - I checked that). I built 
> everything without any problem. The problem is that if I log in the server
> and issue a /oper hcj password (the password is encrypted and I define the O:
> line in the ircd.conf), the system complaints of 'Password Incorrect'. 

You may be running into MD5 difficulties, I'm not sure on those.  I seem
to remember something about that from long ago.  Check the mail archives
on http://www.freebsd.org.

Don't edit /etc/passwd directly, use the 'vipw' program.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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